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RENTER PROTECTION With eviction protections set to expire state officials scrambled to put in place a plan to extend these protections.
Unfortunately, Gov. Gavin Newsom, Senate Pro Tem Toni Atkins and Assembly Speaker Anthony Rendon, who brokered the deal, came up short as their plan has loopholes that could exclude some struggling tenants who may end up being evicted.
Instead of giving Californians security with long-term relief and renter protections through the end of the pandemic, our state leaders caved to the interests of landlords and realtors and came up with what they call a “compromise.”
Big realtors and big landlords have entrenched influence in Sacramento and they spend millions of dollars both electing and lobbying our governor and state legislators and it pays off.
“Rent debt” is the amount Goode and hundreds of thousands of others in LA County still owe their landlords.
It never goes away and just continues to grow, even if you’re protected from being evicted by temporary restrictions.
A moratorium on evictions has prevented people like Goode from being kicked out on the street, but that expires at the end of February.
Larry Gross with LA’s Coalition for Economic Survival points to a recent UCLA study, which says 365,000 LA County households are currently at risk for eviction.
“They have good reason to be scared,” Gross said. “Eviction moratoriums, which are still being planned are great, but they don’t address rent debt at all.
A 5-year holding period would slash Ellis Act evictions
Tenant Groups Urge Chiu to Sponsor Ellis Act Reform; January 22 Deadline Looms
The campaign for Ellis Act reform has gained enormous support across California. But the campaign still needs a legislator to sponsor the bill prior to Friday’s bill deadline.
In the past, San Francisco legislators have filled that role. John Burton and Mark Leno led all major Ellis Act reform campaigns over the past two decades. That’s why San Francisco tenant and housing groups are urging Assemblymember David Chiu to lead the fight this year. Chiu heads the Assembly Housing committee. His assembly district has the most Ellis Act evictions of any in the state.
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